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The enormous scale of sexual abuse by Jimmy Savile was laid out in graphic
detail yesterday with revelations that he targeted hundreds of victims in
almost every corner of Britain, across 28 police forces and in numerous
public institutions.

The BBC DJ and presenter exploited his celebrity status to “hide in plain
sight” as the nation’s most prolific sex offender, manipulating society’s
most vulnerable people over six decades of predatory behaviour, said police.

Scotland Yard’s final report into Savile’s activities revealed that 450 people
had made reports of abuse with alleged victims including an eight-year-old
boy, schoolchildren who idolised the